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Yayoi Anzai
Aoyama Gakuin University
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Introducing a Wiki in EFL Writing Class
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 547–552
A wiki is a powerful online writing tool with revising and editing functions. Learners can participate, interact and collaborate on Wiki. These special functions of Wiki are claimed to be very useful for EFL students. Furthermore, it also has a...
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Empowering English Learning Utilizing Podcasts
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 10–15
More and more web 2.0 technologies are being implemented in education; examples include podcasts, Wiki, and blogs. Bonk (2007), for example, demonstrated how these emerging technologies can be integrated into participatory learning environments. ...
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Digital Trends among Japanese University Students: Podcasting and Wikis as Tools for Learning
Yayoi Anzai
International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 8, No. 4 (October 2009) pp. 453–467
English education has entered a new era. Bonk (2008) boldly proclaims that “the World is Open” for learning. It is somewhat obvious that opportunities for learning have expanded with the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies. Now we can interact,...
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Opening Up Learning with Mobile Technologies
Yayoi Anzai; Paul Kim; Ke Zhang; Elliot Soloway
Global Learn 2010 (May 17, 2010) pp. 164–167
Why mobile learning? What is the significance? How can mobile learning open up learning in different parts of the world? The purpose of this panel is to present and discuss current issues on mobile learning by exploring its huge potentiality...
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Interactions as the key for successful Web 2.0 integrated language learning: Interactions in a planetary community
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3491–3494
The powerful characteristic of Web 2.0 technologies is its interactiveness. While using Web 1.0 is like reading a big newspaper, Web 2.0 technology has made it possible for learners to participate, interact and collaborate online. The paper explores ...
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Digital Trends among Japanese University Students: Focusing on Podcasting and Wikis
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (Nov 17, 2008) pp. 4050–4055
Now English education has entered new era. Bonk (2008) articulates “the World is Open”. Surely opportunity of learning has expanded utilizing Web2.0 technologies. Now we can interact, participate, and collaborate on the web. E-learning has truly...
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Podcasting and Japanese University Students
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2006 (October 2006) pp. 9–13
Podcasting is a new trend in self-expression using internet-based mass media. The word 'Podcasting' was coined combining the words, iPod and broadcasting. Now individuals can deliver his/her audio and video feeds to unidentified large audiences....
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Podcasting and Japanese Millennials
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 16–23
The purpose of this paper is to analyze "the Japanese Millennial Generation" with reference to podcasting. Learners have more options now, with web 2.0 technologies, regarding how they achieve their goals. Now the technology promotes participatory,...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning: Its Impact on Cognition and Culture, Part 1
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem; Nada L, Mach; Tanmoy Bhattacharya; Pithamber Polsani; Mike Mimirinis; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4255–4254
This symposium will be based on the concept of writing an edited book. Editors, chapter authors and peer reviewers will work in collaboration towards the publication of this book. Papers presented at the symposium will provide an overview of the...
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Play and learn with mobile technology
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 2716–2719
“Play and learn” is an attractive phrase! If the phrase is used in connection with mobile technology, the phrase becomes even more attractive, especially for the so-called Net generation. The idea of playing and learning, the idea of being...
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What about MOOCs for language learning?
Yayoi Anzai
E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 557–561
This paper reports a study on English as a foreign language (EFL) instruction integrating Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). There is a high demand for university students to study aboard to enhance their English proficiency. The students, now,...
Topics: Instructional Design, Implementation Examples & Issues
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The Challenge of Mobile Learning in Language Education: Mobile devices versus computers
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 2310–2315
Cellphones have recently evolved into cellphone computers. Because of this, researchers and practitioners have been exploring the expanded potential of mobile learning. With this technological background, studies have been conducted to determine how ...
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Emerging Technologies in Learning: Its Impact on Cognition and Culture, Part 2
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Mahnaz Moallem; Nada L, Mach; Tanmoy Bhattacharya; Pithamber Polsani; Mike Mimirinis; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 4255–4258
This symposium will be based on the concept of writing an edited book. Editors, chapter authors and peer reviewers will work in collaboration towards the publication of this book. Papers presented at the symposium will provide an overview of the...
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Mobile Photo Note-taking to Support EFL Learning
Yayoi Anzai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 2012–2020
We take photos to reinforce our memory in our daily life. However, it is not so common to take photos in language classrooms, in spite of the fact that mobile phones are a device almost all students have, and taking photos with mobile phones is...
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Play and Learn: Is it a viable option for Education?
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada L. Mach; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2009 (Jun 22, 2009) pp. 3520–3521
Learning is more effective and efficient when learners feel that they are in a safe, happy and fun environment where they receive positive reinforcement for doing well. This type of environment could be provided by organizing special events, field...
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Language Learning in Openness: Do Learners Perceive Open Instruction Enhances language Learning?
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2011 (Oct 18, 2011) pp. 1029–1033
The power of Web technologies has opened new potentiality for learning. The purpose of this paper is to explore learners’ perceptions of Openness in the process of learning English as a Foreign Language at a university level. An Open EFL...
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Applying the basics to design innovative learning with ICT:mobile learning with mobile picture-notes
Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 1720–1723
In the age of the ICT revolution, we tend to focus on the newest technologies, and there are many teachers who almost drown in the waves of the technological tsunami. In this age in particular, it is important to look at the basics once again. This ...
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Exploring the potentials of language learning using a MOOC
Yayoi Anzai; Kanji Akahori
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 148–155
The aim of this study is to conduct exploratory analyses to investigate the potential of language learning integrating a MOOC. Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs, are an epoch-making invention in this century. The idea of MOOCs is based on Open...
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Immediate Effects of Mobile Photo Note-taking in English Vocabulary Learning
Yayoi Anzai; Mariko Funada; Kanji Akahori
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 550–556
Mobile photo-note taking has become a popular note-taking style in recent years at conferences and at schools. Since the users are quickly shifting from cellphones to smartphones, mobile phones have become literally small computers, and the...
Topics: Content Development, research, Implementation Examples & Issues
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Developing a MOOC at Kyushu University in Japan
Yayoi Anzai; Koji Mizoguchi; Chengjiu YIN; Tamaki Inada; Taketo Tashiro; Naomi Fujimura
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2015 (Mar 02, 2015) pp. 144–147
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are an important development in open and distance learning in the past years. Learners can take lectures from professors from top-ranking universities in the world. In addition to the high quality of the courses,...
Topics: New Possibilities with Information Technology Education, Distance/Flexible Education
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Factors to Design and Implement Technology-Enhanced Global Instruction
Yayoi Anzai
Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2013 (Mar 25, 2013) pp. 169–173
By integrating Web technologies, instruction can go beyond the walls of the classroom. The purpose of this paper is 1) to introduce three case studies of technology-enhanced globalization, and 2) to investigate factors in designing and implementing...
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ICT for Educational and Social Innovations
Madhumita Bhattacharya; Nada Mach; Yayoi Anzai
World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2013 (Jun 24, 2013) pp. 2495–2497
There have been many projects around the world applying information and communication technology (ICT) for educational and social developments. These are most of the time are innovative and are mostly country specific. Very few of the projects on...
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Digital Trends: e-learning, e-education, and motivation
Yayoi Anzai; Amy Kasuga
World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2013 (Oct 21, 2013) pp. 544–549
There have been many studies which have reported on students’ digital environment, but very few which have reported on how teachers use the digital environment and share information. This study attempts to investigate digital trends among Japanese...
Topics: Implementation Examples & Issues, Social & Cultural Issues, Tools & Systems